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Adoption rights for gay couples now closer for Aussies
SX News (Australia), Posted: 9/6/2010, 7:03 PM
QUICK LOOK: Gay and lesbian equality in the Australian province of New South Wales moved one step forward after a bill granting same-sex couples adoption rights passed its first... (MORE)
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Does adoption ruling show Mexico is more tolerant?
Christian Science Monitor, Posted: 8/22/2010, 1:50 PM
QUICK LOOK: In Mexico City, on the same day that a US federal appeals court put same-sex weddings on hold, the nation's Supreme Court upheld a law that allows gay couples in the... (MORE)
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'Patrick, 1.5': A gay family, but without all the drama
Washington Post, Posted: 8/20/2010, 11:47 AM
QUICK LOOK: The Swedish comedy "Patrik, Age 1.5" continues this summer's trend of baby-lust, unconventional families and parental angst on screen, from "Mother & Child" and "The... (MORE)
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Catholic Charities loses U.K. appeal on gay adoption
The Guardian (U.K.), Posted: 8/19/2010, 6:14 AM
QUICK LOOK: A Roman Catholic adoption charity's appeal to be allowed to discriminate against gay people wanting it to place children with them has been rejected. Catholic Care wanted... (MORE)
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Mexican high court upholds gay couple's adoption
Agence France Presse (AFP), Posted: 8/17/2010, 11:34 AM
QUICK LOOK: Mexico's Supreme Court on Monday endorsed adoptions for married gays in the capital, with a majority of nine out of eleven votes, a court spokesman told AFP. The top... (MORE)
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Parents of gay children suffer from 'courtesy stigma'
Psychology Today, Posted: 8/15/2010, 9:40 PM
QUICK LOOK: When parents learn they have a gay or lesbian child, they very quickly realize they are now living in a world that stigmatizes not only their children but also themselves... (MORE)
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Aussie candidate's gay marriage slam sparks outrage
ABC News-Australia, Posted: 8/9/2010, 11:52 AM
QUICK LOOK: A Family First Senate candidate has provoked outrage by publishing a statement that "legitimising gay marriage is like legalising child abuse". The comment was made on... (MORE)

Nevada senate hopeful opposes all adoption by gays
Associated Press (AP), Posted: 8/8/2010, 1:14 PM
QUICK LOOK: Republican Sharron Angle believes the clergy should be allowed to endorse candidates from the pulpit and opposes laws allowing gays to adopt children, according to a... (MORE)
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Nathan Lane to guest as gay dad on 'Modern Family'
Tampa Bay Online, Posted: 8/2/2010, 6:42 PM
QUICK LOOK: Broadway and film star Nathan Lane will guest star on ABC's hit comedy Modern Family in its sophomore season, playing the (until now) unseen, older flambouyant friend... (MORE)

Study: homosexuality linked with childhood trauma
Posted: 7/31/2010, 4:08 PM
QUICK LOOK: A recent Otago University study has found that homosexual or bisexual individuals are more likely to have undergone a variety of of traumas in childhood, including sexual... (MORE)
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Lesbian Sara Gilbert set to cohost CBS mommy show
Lez Get Real, Posted: 7/22/2010, 2:25 PM
QUICK LOOK: CBS has announced that lesbian mom Sara Gilbert of Rosanne fame will be hosting a new daily talk show slated to begin in October. The L.A.-based show is also set to feature... (MORE)

More gay couples with families in Aussie burbs, range
MCV (Aussie), Posted: 7/20/2010, 11:40 AM
QUICK LOOK: More same-sex couples in Australia are raising families in the outer suburbs and regions than in the inner city, a new study reveals. The ‘Work, Love, Play’ study is... (MORE)
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Everyone relates to Moore-Benning lesbian dramedy
Washington Post, Posted: 7/16/2010, 1:14 PM
QUICK LOOK: WATCH TRAILER: "The Kids Are All Right" arrives as the perfect midsummer movie, a comedy about a flawed-but-functional family that, like "Toy Story 3," captures the drama... (MORE)
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Lisa Cholodenko on Benning-Moore lesbian drama
San Francisco Bay Guardian, Posted: 7/7/2010, 8:15 PM
QUICK LOOK: WATCH: Writer-director Lisa Cholodenko earned attention with critically acclaimed features like High Art (1998) and Laurel Canyon (2002). Her latest movie, The Kids Are... (MORE)
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Tenn. lesbian couple wins landmark custody victory
Asheville Citizen-Times (N.C.), Posted: 7/6/2010, 12:06 PM
QUICK LOOK: After a more than three-year court battle, Angel Chandler can finally have her children legally stay in her home. And for Chandler and her partner Mary Counce, the couple... (MORE)
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CNN documentary takes big-hearted look at gay dads
CNN, Posted: 6/22/2010, 11:24 AM
QUICK LOOK: They're parents "like anybody else," says a sympathetic soul, but not really. Not quite. If they were like anybody else, these parents wouldn't both be wearing "Proud... (MORE)
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Christian group condemns Obama tribute to gay dads
Associated Press (AP), Posted: 6/22/2010, 9:06 AM
QUICK LOOK: A Christian group is denouncing President Barack Obama's salute to families headed by "two fathers" in his June 18 Father's Day proclamation. The proclamation says, "Nurturing... (MORE)
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Obama extends some medical leave to gay workers
New York Times, Posted: 6/22/2010, 6:50 AM
QUICK LOOK: President Obama will soon expand the rights of gay workers by allowing them to take family and medical leave to care for sick or newborn children of same-sex partners,... (MORE)
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Top Dem favors DADT to avoid talking gay with kids
CBS News, Posted: 6/9/2010, 5:13 PM
QUICK LOOK: Conservative Missouri Democrat Rep. Ike Shelton, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said today that the military should keep the "don't ask, don't tell"... (MORE)

Kids of lesbian moms have fewer behavior problems
CNN, Posted: 6/7/2010, 7:48 PM
QUICK LOOK: A nearly 25-year study concluded that children raised in lesbian households were psychologically well-adjusted and had fewer behavioral problems than their peers. The... (MORE)
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Surrogacy is still not option for Indian gay couples
Times of India, Posted: 5/27/2010, 6:36 PM
QUICK LOOK: Gay and lesbian couples, Indian or foreign, can't have children born with the help of an Indian surrogate mother. According to the draft `Assisted Reproductive Technology... (MORE)
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Archdiocese helping lesbians' son enroll elsewhere
Boston Globe, Posted: 5/14/2010, 12:15 PM
QUICK LOOK: Mary Grassa O’Neill, superintendent of Catholic schools for the Boston Archdiocese, crafted an admirable compromise to the disappointing rejection of a child with lesbian... (MORE)
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Catholic school yanks admission for gay couple's son
AOL News, Posted: 5/13/2010, 1:02 PM
QUICK LOOK: WATCH: A Roman Catholic school in Massachusetts school withdrew its offer of admission to an 8-year-old boy after discovering that his parents are lesbians. St. Paul... (MORE)
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Watch: Lesbian moms sue school over child's injury
KRQE-TV (N.M.), Posted: 5/10/2010, 10:23 AM
QUICK LOOK: Jenna Bissell, 11, said she was skipping on the playground at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Rio Rancho on Feb. 26 when a bully pushed her, forcing her to... (MORE)
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Louisiana Senate rejects adoption by gay couples
Nola.com (Louisiana), Posted: 4/28/2010, 10:58 AM
QUICK LOOK: Lengthy and passionate testimony in the Senate Judiciary A Committee today ended with a 3-1 party line rejection of a measure that would have expanded gay adoption in... (MORE)
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